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Movers & Shakers

By ALM Staff | Law Journal Newsletters |
March 29, 2010

MedStar Health (Baltimore/Washington DC): Oliver Johnson has been named the new senior vice president and general counsel for MedStar Health, a nonprofit provider with nine hospitals in the Baltimore-Washington region. Johnson previously served as counsel to the global marketing services division at Merck & Co. Johnson has also worked with nonprofit health care providers, as vice chairman of the Pennsylvania State Board of Medicine and with the Abington Memorial Hospital in Abington, PA, where he serves as vice chairman of the board.

Post & Schell (Harrisburg, PA): Paula Sanders, a partner in Post & Schell's health care, post-acute and long-term care group, has been appointed a member of the American Health Care Association's legal committee. AHCA is a national trade association representing the interests of nearly 11,000 for-profit and not-for-profit long term care and post-acute care providers.

Brach Eichler LLC (Roseland, NJ): Lani M. Dornfeld has moved from the now-dissolved WolfBlock to Brach Eichler as a member of the firm's Health Law Practice Group. Dornfeld practices in health, hospital and corporate law, providing legal counsel to hospitals, home health agencies, nursing homes, assisted living facilities, physicians, dentists and group medical and dental practices.

MedStar Health (Baltimore/Washington DC): Oliver Johnson has been named the new senior vice president and general counsel for MedStar Health, a nonprofit provider with nine hospitals in the Baltimore-Washington region. Johnson previously served as counsel to the global marketing services division at Merck & Co. Johnson has also worked with nonprofit health care providers, as vice chairman of the Pennsylvania State Board of Medicine and with the Abington Memorial Hospital in Abington, PA, where he serves as vice chairman of the board.

Post & Schell (Harrisburg, PA): Paula Sanders, a partner in Post & Schell's health care, post-acute and long-term care group, has been appointed a member of the American Health Care Association's legal committee. AHCA is a national trade association representing the interests of nearly 11,000 for-profit and not-for-profit long term care and post-acute care providers.

Brach Eichler LLC (Roseland, NJ): Lani M. Dornfeld has moved from the now-dissolved WolfBlock to Brach Eichler as a member of the firm's Health Law Practice Group. Dornfeld practices in health, hospital and corporate law, providing legal counsel to hospitals, home health agencies, nursing homes, assisted living facilities, physicians, dentists and group medical and dental practices.

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